The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-08-26
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Three Majors leave by the Alameda to-
day for the Coast
The Royal Mail steamer Alameda is due
| to-day from the Colonies, Ell route to San
| Francisco.
| A half-white laborer at the foundry had
his foot crushed yesterday by boiler
| plate falling on it.
The steamer w. G. Hall leaves at ten
| O'Clock this morning for Lahaina, Maalaea
| Bay, Kona and Kau.
The officers of the British men-of-war
gave very enjoyable picnic in Manoa
| Valley yesterday afternoon.
The tern w S. Bovine sails for San
Francisco at noon to-day. Messrs. F. A
Schaefer & Co. are the agents
The members of the Executive Commit
tee of the Third Ward meet at the resi-
dence of Mr.. Walter Hill this evening
The annual meeting of the Planters
Labor and Supply Company will be held
i'll this city on Monday, October 18th.
There will be the usual services at ST.
Andrews Cathedral this evening at
o'clock, conducted by the Bishop of Homo
lulu.
His Excellency John O. Dominis, Gov
ernor of Oahu, and the Hon. A. 5. Cleg-
horn yesterday paid a visit TO H. B. NJ. S.
Wild Swan
Messrs. Frank Hustace and Chas. B.
Wilson will have a shooting match this
afternoon at the King-street range, 10
rounds each at 200, 400 and SEQ yards.
Mr. Lewis J. Levey will hold his regular
cash sale at 10 o'clock this morning, sell
ing among other things groceries, watches,
clocks, jewelry and a lot of ferns and
flowers.
1t is probable that H. B. NJ. S. Wild
Swan will leave this week for Esquimault,
B. G. The Conquest will remain here until
relieved by another vessel, probably the
Cormorant.
A splendid consignment of timed and
other goods has been received by the st.
Lucie from New York, by NJ. w. McChes-
ney & Sons. They will be sold at low
prices to the trade.
The tea party given by Her Majesty the
Queen at the Palace yesterday was some
what of private affair. The Royal Ha-
waiian Band played on the grounds dur
ing the afternoon. II
The German Musical Society recently
formed will hereafter be known as the
Honolulu Arion Society" 1t meets this
evening at Mr.. f. II. VOTERS parlOrs IN
stead of Saturday for rehearsal.
The Board of Immigration consists of
the following persons: His Excellency l..
A Thurston, President; Hons. ]. S.
Walker, s. c. Wilder, A. S. Cleghorn, J.
L. Kaulukou and J. b. Anterior.
The following books have been added
to the law library of the Supreme Court:
Dlul1n on Deeds, volumes; Weeks on
Dispositions; Gears Index, Digest Cali
fornia Reports Desty, Shipping and Adj
mira Ity. II
The Custom House officers made an
other seizure on board the bark Velocity
yesterday They found 5000 cigars and
forty half-pound packages of China to-
bacco A Chinaman was arrested for
smuggling them in.
Last Tuesday while the steamer Wal |
aleale was at Kappa, Kauai, the engineer |
slipped and fell through hatchway, re-
c6lflIlS TdILCI ScNSIS A1lJOllCo' w AASAi INC /
steamer arrived in port yesterday he was |
at once taken to the Queens Hospital.
AS will be seen by an advertisement in
another column the Club House Dining |
Rooms will reopen tomorrow under the
of Mr.. George Cavenagh.
The tables will be set with the best the
market affords, and the rates are exceed
ingly low.
Mr.. A. NJ. Hewett has just received the
latest novelty-a coat collar spring. By |.
its use the coat collar and lappels always
retain their shape, and never require
pressing, thereby saving many times their
cost in a short time. They are selling like
hot cakes.
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